marooned
Original: marooned on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man stands alone on a beach beside the ocean, arms raised.
Man: "My god! I'm shipwrecked here!"
Panel 2: Close-up of the man, looking optimistic.
Man: "But look! There's plenty of fruits and vegetables. Plenty of fish, and the weather is mild and there's a freshwater spring!"
Panel 3: The man throws his arms wide, joyful.
Man: "I have everything I need here. Absolutely everything!"
Panel 4: A bird (a rescue bird) flies in carrying something. Caption below: "Later"
Bird: "Ha!"
Panel 5: Caption: "This is rescue bird 4. We have made contact. It appears to be a distress sign on a remote island."
Panel 6: Two small panels. Left shows a lightning bolt / signal. Speech: "What's it say?"
Reply: "Nothing."
Panel 7: A signal flare or signpost on the beach reads: "SEND NUDES!"
Votey:
A person's drawn figure (lower body / rear view sketched in loose lines).
Speech bubble: "Man cannot live on bread alone!"
Man: "My god! I'm shipwrecked here!"
Panel 2: Close-up of the man, looking optimistic.
Man: "But look! There's plenty of fruits and vegetables. Plenty of fish, and the weather is mild and there's a freshwater spring!"
Panel 3: The man throws his arms wide, joyful.
Man: "I have everything I need here. Absolutely everything!"
Panel 4: A bird (a rescue bird) flies in carrying something. Caption below: "Later"
Bird: "Ha!"
Panel 5: Caption: "This is rescue bird 4. We have made contact. It appears to be a distress sign on a remote island."
Panel 6: Two small panels. Left shows a lightning bolt / signal. Speech: "What's it say?"
Reply: "Nothing."
Panel 7: A signal flare or signpost on the beach reads: "SEND NUDES!"
Votey:
A person's drawn figure (lower body / rear view sketched in loose lines).
Speech bubble: "Man cannot live on bread alone!"
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A man stands on a beach and cries that he is shipwrecked, then cheerfully realizes the island has fruits, vegetables, fish, mild weather, and a freshwater spring, declaring he has absolutely everything he needs. Later, a rescue bird flies overhead and a radio report says rescue bird 4 has made contact with what appears to be a distress sign on a remote island. When asked what the sign says, the answer is 'Nothing' — because the sign the man has built on the beach actually reads 'SEND NUDES!' The joke: stranded but with all survival needs met, his only real lack is sex, so his 'distress' message is a request for nudes. Votey aftercomic: a loosely sketched human figure shown from behind/below with a speech bubble reading 'Man cannot live on bread alone!', reinforcing that the survivor's unmet need is carnal rather than nutritional.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.